1. September 22nd,2015
Pre-Arranged Layoffs
TE&Y User Overview

2. Pre-Arranged Overview (TE&Y)
New programming in EAMS has been developed, allowing for TE&Y to pre-arrange their PL and LV layoffs 120 days in the future
This logic will replace the controls in CMTS
Your area is one of the first pilot locations to have the opportunity to use this new programming
Engineers/Conductors in the pilot locations will be able to pre-arrange up to 6 PL or LV layoffs within a rolling 120 day period
Note: Each day is 1 request
Pre-Arranged days are granted on a First Come-First Serve basis
The pre-arranged layoff will be a placeholder for the day approved, but it is the employee’s responsibility to “activate” the layoff by logging into EAMS via the web.
Given the nature of an unscheduled workforce, employees will also be able to advance or defer their layoff up to 16 hours from the arranged start time of the LV/PL day

3. Pre-Arranged Overview:
Change of Status Screen
The interface used is the same “Employee Availability” screen employees should be familiar with
The process starts with the new Pre-Arranged dropdown function
This is also a request link that will show your current requests

4. Pre-Arranged Overview:
Input Process
From the first screen, you choose the status you wish to pre-arrange
From there, you can click on any day within the defined window and see a 14 day look of availability and select “Next”

5. Pre-Arranged Overview:
Request Review
Once you select the days from the calendar and hit next, you see a summary page. The info message above shows how many requests were approved or un-approved for the selection
From here you can also activate a request (if within 16 hours of the start date/time), as well as delete upcoming requests

6. Pre-Arranged Overview:
Activation
You have the flexibility to activate early (up to 16 hours), or late (up to 16 hours) to better fit with your work schedule. Hit the “Activate” button
If applicable, you will be prompted to choose whether you would like to hold turn
Once activated, you may either put in a new request, or go back to the main menu in EAMS to see your current information

7. Pertinent Notes
Activation: Layoffs will not execute automatically in CMTS, it is up to the employee to activate them
If additional information is needed (i.e. whether or not the employee wants to hold turn), this information will be asked at activation time and processed accordingly
If employee wants to activate and is outside of the 16 hour window, he/she will need to choose an immediate layoff
If you have consecutive layoffs, these will all be activated at one time once you activate the first layoff in the block
Feedback: Please give feedback on the system to your Local Chairperson, to give feedback to CMS. This could be an enhancement idea or a system issue
EAMS Pre-Arranged & Immediate layoffs are synched up- If you have 2 PL’s left and both are arranged in the future, you will need to resolve one of those before laying off in an immediate fashion
Next Year PL/LV: The Pre-Arranged system will only be able to process requests based on the current availability of PL & LV days. So, for next years LV and PL, there may be a period of time while the system will not allow any layoffs because next years vacation & PL days have not been loaded